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Turning Disaster Data Into Knowledge: Field Reconnaissance, Damage Assessment, And Lessons Learned From Hurricane Sandy, Harvey, And Michael, Jie Gong
Sustainability Seminar Series
The recent hurricanes in 2012, 2017, and 2018, and efforts of researchers to capture vast quantities of perishable data through support of the National Science Foundation and other agencies, have created enormous databases of hurricane impacts to coastal structures that can be used to extract fundamental knowledge as to why these structures perform as they do during hurricanes. But exploration of these large data sets, untangling the complex factors contributing to various hurricane damages, and forming a holistic understanding of damage mechanisms are challenging tasks, requiring convergent approaches in system modeling, data science, and cyberinfrastructure design. In this presentation, Dr. …
Social And Political Factors Influencing Green Energy Transition, Rachel Schwom
Social And Political Factors Influencing Green Energy Transition, Rachel Schwom
Sustainability Seminar Series
Society’s dependence on fossil fuels is harming humans and the environment and we must transition our energy system to be more economically, socially and environmentally sustainable. While the economics driving energy transitions are important, sociologists and political scientists have highlighted that these transitions are social and political processes. This talk will provide examples of research that has highlight the social and political factors that influence how people and institutions interact with the market and our energy systems. Those factors include public opinion and social movement pressure, industry resistance or support, political opportunity structure, and windows of opportunity. Cases will include …
Why Build Multi-Use Greenways? Implications For New Jersey And Beyond, R. Bruce Donald
Why Build Multi-Use Greenways? Implications For New Jersey And Beyond, R. Bruce Donald
Sustainability Seminar Series
In this presentation, Bruce Donald will explain comprehensive research that investing in bicycle/pedestrian infrastructure has numerous benefits including public health, reduced transportation costs, increased access to reliable transportation, tourism, improved local economy, reduced user mortality rates, and environmental benefits. Solutions include developing a comprehensive pedestrian and bicycle network, as well as improving access to these facilities by all of New Jersey’s residents and its visitors. Investing in bicycle infrastructure is at the forefront of twenty-first-century economic development.
The Paradox Of Urban Greening: Does It Harm The Very People Who Need It The Most?, Juliana Maantay
The Paradox Of Urban Greening: Does It Harm The Very People Who Need It The Most?, Juliana Maantay
Sustainability Seminar Series
Urban greening and sustainability approaches are well accepted methods for improving the urban environment and combating the climate crisis. Cleaning up potentially contaminated lands and bringing them back into constructive public use is one of the benefits of greening. However, greening efforts may have unintended consequences, resulting in adverse social and economic impacts to the existing residents, who are often the most vulnerable urban populations. Spatial analyses of case study examples show that greening can spur “green gentrification.” Measures can be taken to integrate social equity objectives into urban sustainability planning, to mitigate gentrification, and to improve equitable distribution of …
High Functional Diversity Of Contaminated Soils From Liberty State Park, Nina M. Goodey
High Functional Diversity Of Contaminated Soils From Liberty State Park, Nina M. Goodey
Sustainability Seminar Series
Urban brownfields present an opportunity to study the functioning of degraded ecosystems. We investigated the soils of Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey, which once supported a major rail yard and port facility with docks for shipping cargo to New York City. ICP-MS and pyrolysis-GC-MS studies were used to show that our study site is contaminated with heavy metals and organic contaminants, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. We used fluorescence spectroscopy to measure soil enzymatic function at multiple locations within the brownfield and found the following types of sites: 1.) hotspots with high heavy metal concentrations and high extracellular …
Dam Removal In New Jersey: Ecological Uplift, Public Safety, And Building Ecosystem Resilience In Advance Of Climate Change, Beth Styler Barry
Dam Removal In New Jersey: Ecological Uplift, Public Safety, And Building Ecosystem Resilience In Advance Of Climate Change, Beth Styler Barry
Sustainability Seminar Series
Dam removals are often the subject of controversy. We’ll explore dam removals from planning to (de)construction and see examples of ecosystem changes that follow. New Jersey has over 1700 dams, the average age of these dams is over 50 years. Many dams have a public use, they may provide a potable water supply or create economically important recreational lakes. However, many dams have outlived their intended use, have fallen into serious disrepair and negatively impact ecosystems.
A Look Under The Hood: Energy & Sustainability Initiatives At New Jersey Transit, John Geitner
A Look Under The Hood: Energy & Sustainability Initiatives At New Jersey Transit, John Geitner
Sustainability Seminar Series
New Jersey Transit (NJT) is the nation's largest statewide public transportation provider. To move its nearly one million daily customers, NJT operates Rail, Bus and Light Rail systems. Finding ways to use that energy efficiently and with an eye on sustainability is the focus of the Environment, Energy & Sustainability team at NJT. Join us for a detailed discussion on NJT's operations and how the agency works to incorporate various technologies and programs into those operations with the goal of using energy wisely. This presentation will discuss current capital projects and how they work to incorporate resiliency, reliability and sustainability …
Living Landscapes: Combining Education And Ecology For A More Resilient New York Harbor, Murray Fisher, Brad Howe
Living Landscapes: Combining Education And Ecology For A More Resilient New York Harbor, Murray Fisher, Brad Howe
Year on Climate Change: Events
This session will highlight a unique partnership between a landscape architecture firm, an environmental group, and a public high school that are working together in New York Harbor to increase the area’s resiliency as the climate changes, and to engage and train the next generation of environmental and Harbor stewards.
Seeing With A Climate Lens, Jane Ganion
Seeing With A Climate Lens, Jane Ganion
Year on Climate Change: Events
Join Jana Ganion from the Blue Lake Rancheria and Kit Batten, an independent climate change consultant previously at Pacific Gas & Electric to talk about a zero-emission future and your role in it. We will discuss insights and lessons learned from the clean energy and sustainability field through our work to shape a grid of the future. If you don’t yet know exactly what you want to do or you are have been working in these fields for decades, join us to talk about sustainability, electrical grids, climate, international diplomacy, the future, and you.
Is Green Infrastructure A Universal Good? Equity In Gi Planning From Us Cities, Zbigniew J. Grabowski
Is Green Infrastructure A Universal Good? Equity In Gi Planning From Us Cities, Zbigniew J. Grabowski
Sustainability Seminar Series
Is Green Infrastructure a Universal Good? Our team seeks to address this research question through a multi-faceted analysis of GI programs through mapping, interviews with practitioners and communities, and an extensive plan analysis across 20 US cities. Our plan plan analysis draws upon a wide array of planning documents pertaining to green infrastructure, and broadly examines the drivers of GI programs and how they consider the relationship between GI and community well being. In particular we are examining if plans take into account the perspectives, concerns, and desires of underserved communities in their framing of GI-equity concerns, and what targets …
Ferrate: A Novel Water Treatment Input, Joseph Goodwill
Ferrate: A Novel Water Treatment Input, Joseph Goodwill
Sustainability Seminar Series
Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are effective at transforming recalcitrant organic water pollutants. However, most AOPs require relatively complex and capital intensive auxiliary systems to generate radicals. Ferrate (Fe(VI)) is a strong oxidant that affords an operational simplicity that some utilities require. This presentation will provide an overview of Fe(VI) technology, and recent results of an ongoing study focused on Fe(VI) and water reuse.
Dealing With Hurricanes: Coastal Community Adaptation To Socioeconomic And Environmental Pressures In Yaguajay, Central Cuba, Victoria Ramenzoni
Dealing With Hurricanes: Coastal Community Adaptation To Socioeconomic And Environmental Pressures In Yaguajay, Central Cuba, Victoria Ramenzoni
Sustainability Seminar Series
Hurricanes can cause extensive long-term damage to small-scale fisheries. Yet, information is scarce on how these communities are impacted by extreme events in the Caribbean as in other parts of the world. Focusing on an artisanal fishery in Yaguajay, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, this presentation discusses how local fishermen have perceived and responded to the different damages brought about by Hurricane Irma in September 2017 and inundations associated with Storm Alberto in May 2018. Combining discussions and short interviews carried out pre and post-hurricane, this study identifies major environmental impacts and matching responses. In addition, the article sheds light on the …
Viability And Ecology Based Tools For Studying Antibiotic Resistance, Nicole Fahrenfeld
Viability And Ecology Based Tools For Studying Antibiotic Resistance, Nicole Fahrenfeld
Sustainability Seminar Series
Over 2 million people are sickened and at least 23,000 people die in the U.S. of antibiotic resistant infections each year. Community acquired infections in humans have been linked with environmental sources of antibiotic resistance. Mitigating the risk of environmental AR infections requires understanding hot spots for AR as well as the potential for horizontal gene transfer. A series of case studies will be presented towards understanding hot spots of antibiotic resistance genes in viable cells.
Leadership’S Influence On Environmental Sustainability, Stallar Lufrano-Jardine
Leadership’S Influence On Environmental Sustainability, Stallar Lufrano-Jardine
International Conference on Gambling & Risk Taking
A phenomenological study within the gaming industry is currently being conducted to determine influential indicators within business operations. Based on interviews of executive leadership at global companies, participants disclosed the environmental developments at their organization based on industry norms and the ability to develop/execute environmental initiatives. Four themes emerged: the leader’s ideology and the political climate; the company’s founding principles; support from the industry and/or within the company; and the ability to change industry dynamics. Each leader touched on these four points. Regardless of department type, level of leadership, and the desire to be globally conscious, all participants remarked on …
Using Numerical Models Of Dewatering At Coal Ash Impoundments To Understand Cost And Schedule, Peter Bell, Joel Thompson, Don Fuller
Using Numerical Models Of Dewatering At Coal Ash Impoundments To Understand Cost And Schedule, Peter Bell, Joel Thompson, Don Fuller
World of Coal Ash Proceedings
No abstract provided.
Demonstration Of “No Migration” Alternative Performance Standard For Ccr Facilities In Arid To Semi- Arid Regions Using Unsaturated Zone Modeling, James Aiken, Katy Lindstom
Demonstration Of “No Migration” Alternative Performance Standard For Ccr Facilities In Arid To Semi- Arid Regions Using Unsaturated Zone Modeling, James Aiken, Katy Lindstom
World of Coal Ash Proceedings
No abstract provided.
Investigating Ccr Units And Evaluating The Physical Properties Of Ponded Ccr, David Skeggs, Zahra Aghazadeh, Rachel Combs
Investigating Ccr Units And Evaluating The Physical Properties Of Ponded Ccr, David Skeggs, Zahra Aghazadeh, Rachel Combs
World of Coal Ash Proceedings
No abstract provided.
Coal Combustion Residuals Management Using Geotextile Containers- Considerations For Various Options, Randall Wilcox, Gregg Lebster, Bryan Hamilton, Thomas Stephens
Coal Combustion Residuals Management Using Geotextile Containers- Considerations For Various Options, Randall Wilcox, Gregg Lebster, Bryan Hamilton, Thomas Stephens
World of Coal Ash Proceedings
No abstract provided.
State Vs Federal Ccr Rule Regulations: Comparisons And Impacts, Nicole Kron, Eric Nelson
State Vs Federal Ccr Rule Regulations: Comparisons And Impacts, Nicole Kron, Eric Nelson
World of Coal Ash Proceedings
No abstract provided.
Continuous, Real-Time Tss Monitoring Verifies Effluent Quality And Coal Ash Management Performance While Reducing Compliance Costs, Dave Fraley, Chris Bauman, Dave Donahue
Continuous, Real-Time Tss Monitoring Verifies Effluent Quality And Coal Ash Management Performance While Reducing Compliance Costs, Dave Fraley, Chris Bauman, Dave Donahue
World of Coal Ash Proceedings
No abstract provided.
Geochemical Tools For Groundwater Monitoring At Coal Fired Utilities, Jeff Gillow, Bruce Sass, Hari Parthasarathy
Geochemical Tools For Groundwater Monitoring At Coal Fired Utilities, Jeff Gillow, Bruce Sass, Hari Parthasarathy
World of Coal Ash Proceedings
No abstract provided.
Bottom Ash Handling Conversions – Lessons Learned, Dustin Doerr
Bottom Ash Handling Conversions – Lessons Learned, Dustin Doerr
World of Coal Ash Proceedings
No abstract provided.
Effect Of Coal Fly Ash On Agricultural Crops :Second Phase Showcase Project On Use Of Fly Ash In Agriculture In And Around Thermal Power Station Areas Of National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd., India., K. Arivazhagan, M. Ravichandran, S.K. Dube, V.K. Mathur
Effect Of Coal Fly Ash On Agricultural Crops :Second Phase Showcase Project On Use Of Fly Ash In Agriculture In And Around Thermal Power Station Areas Of National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd., India., K. Arivazhagan, M. Ravichandran, S.K. Dube, V.K. Mathur
World of Coal Ash Proceedings
No abstract provided.
Advantages Of Single Source Contracting In-Plant Ccr Services, Kevin Foody, Marcella Funderburg, Blake Whittington
Advantages Of Single Source Contracting In-Plant Ccr Services, Kevin Foody, Marcella Funderburg, Blake Whittington
World of Coal Ash Proceedings
No abstract provided.
Design And Construction Of A Ccr Landfill Adjacent To The Missouri River, Thomas Gredell, Jeffrey Fouse, Jay Ellington
Design And Construction Of A Ccr Landfill Adjacent To The Missouri River, Thomas Gredell, Jeffrey Fouse, Jay Ellington
World of Coal Ash Proceedings
No abstract provided.
Recycling Of Coal Ash In Agriculture: Use Of Vermicomposting Biotechnology, G.N. Chattopadhyay, Gourab Roy, Wasim Iftikar
Recycling Of Coal Ash In Agriculture: Use Of Vermicomposting Biotechnology, G.N. Chattopadhyay, Gourab Roy, Wasim Iftikar
World of Coal Ash Proceedings
No abstract provided.
Alternate Source Demonstration Considerations Within The Appalachian Basin, Joseph Robb, Larry Mastera
Alternate Source Demonstration Considerations Within The Appalachian Basin, Joseph Robb, Larry Mastera
World of Coal Ash Proceedings
No abstract provided.
Locating And Permitting A Ccr Landfill Adjacent To The Missouri River, Paul Reitz, Thomas Gredell, Jay Ellington
Locating And Permitting A Ccr Landfill Adjacent To The Missouri River, Paul Reitz, Thomas Gredell, Jay Ellington
World of Coal Ash Proceedings
No abstract provided.
Encapsulation Of Thermoevaporation Brines Using Coal Combustion Residuals, Dale Prentice, Kirk Ellison, Gaurav Sant
Encapsulation Of Thermoevaporation Brines Using Coal Combustion Residuals, Dale Prentice, Kirk Ellison, Gaurav Sant
World of Coal Ash Proceedings
No abstract provided.
Surface Water And Groundwater Mixing In Alluvial Floodplains: A Significant Issue For Understanding Contaminant Transport At Coal Ash Facilities Adjacent To Rivers, Joel Thompson, Peter Bell, John Griggs
Surface Water And Groundwater Mixing In Alluvial Floodplains: A Significant Issue For Understanding Contaminant Transport At Coal Ash Facilities Adjacent To Rivers, Joel Thompson, Peter Bell, John Griggs
World of Coal Ash Proceedings
No abstract provided.